By
Michele Witthaus |
Eleven people have been charged with murder in the sinking of the Spice Islander 1 ferry near Zanzibar last September.
The captain of the ship, who has not yet been apprehended since abandoning the vessel along with the crew, is one of those charged. The defendants, including the crew and workers in charge of loading the ferry, face 200 charges of negligence and a murder charge.
More than 240 passengers and crew died in the accident. A government investigation recently found that the vessel, which was built in 1967, was in ‘dangerous mechanical condition’ before the voyage.